Officers concentrated patrols in the Grimes Lake Road area and at one point, a conversation was overheard on a handheld radio from one of the alleged poachers about the illegal hunting.

Police found nine antler racks and three 30-30 high powered rifles.

Charges range from illegally taking and possession of deer, illegal tagging of deer, shooting from a public roadway, jack-lighting, hunting by aide of a motor vehicle and over bagging of whitetail deer.

All three men could face several hundred dollars of fines, confiscation of all hunting equipment used during the illegal hunting and a five year suspension of their hunting licenses.